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Man arrested in bar assault in NH, victim died

Police say a spilled drink led a New Hampshire man to repeatedly punch another man at a bar, who later died.

Bail was set at $250,000 Wednesday for 24-year-old Zachary O'Neill of Dover, who was arraigned on a charge of first-degree assault in Portsmouth. He was arrested Tuesday.

Twenty-four-year-old Joshua Krantz of Dover was found dead of a skull fracture in his apartment Saturday.

Krantz was at The Page restaurant in Portsmouth. Prosecutors said Krantz accidentally spilled a drink on O'Neill. He was repeatedly struck in the head on the dance floor at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday. Krantz didn't seek medical treatment.

The cause of death was a fractured skull resulting in an acute epidural hematoma. The manner of death is to be determined by the state medical examiner's office.

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